A man sits in front of a destroyed house after bombardments in the village of Krasylivka, east of Kyiv, on March 20, 2022, as Russian forces try to encircle the Ukranian capital. - The war in Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin launched on February 24 to stamp out the pro-Western leanings in the ex-Soviet country, has sparked the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, felled Russia-West relations to Cold War-era lows, and is wreaking havoc in the world economy still recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)